Wrong icon in shell32 gets used(?)

[kunkel321]

An interesting thing I've noticed.... Recently I've been using icons from shell32 so I don't have to keep an icon file with my AHK projects. I've been getting the index number of the icons by simply adding them to a folder, then opening "Desktop.ini" and copying the "shell32.dll,239" part and using it in the code as such:

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menu, tray, icon, shell32.dll,239

I've noticed that I get the wrong icon though. If I then use the next number (index#+1) then it gives me the correct icon. Is this a Windows glitch or something?

[mikeyww]

I could be wrong about this, but I think that whereas Windows icon numbers are sometimes indexed starting at zero, AHK seems to use a starting number of one, so there might be an offset of one somewhere along the way.

[JoeWinograd]

You want a minus sign in front of the icon number:

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menu, tray, icon, shell32.dll,-239

Regards, Joe

[mikeyww]

Thank you, Joe! I never noticed that, but I did just see this in the documentation.

If IconNumber is negative, its absolute value is assumed to be the resource ID of an icon within an executable file.

[JoeWinograd]

Exactly, mikey! For @kunkel321, that doc is here:

https://www.autohotkey.com/docs/commands/Menu.htm#MenuIcon

Regards, Joe